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Fully Alive

single by Flyleaf

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ5508336
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"Fully Alive" is a song by American rock band Flyleaf, released as the second single from their debut album Flyleaf (2005), in November 2006. It is the third song of the band to have a music video, which features the radio-edit version instead of the album version.

Background

After the joint venture of A&M records and Octone Records, the debut album Flyleaf included the radio-edit version of "Fully Alive", replacing the original album version. For reasons unknown, the music video features the radio edit instead of the album version. The radio-edit version contains a variation of the guitar solo from the album version, along with additional lyrics.

It's about the singer for Trust Company, Kevin, his wife Layla. She's an awesome person, and you would never guess in a million years that she has the struggle that she has. Kinda changed my perspective about the way that I complain about things, the way that I wake up sad for no reason, and then she wakes up just glad to wake up.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Fully Alive” as single by Flyleaf. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2005, 2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2006. The account is most persuasive where Fully, Alive and single can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as single by Flyleaf. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5508336. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2005 and 2006.

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This entry incorporates text from Fully Alive” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.